News Topic: Distributed ledger technology

The money will be used to hire more people. It is also a morale boost for the group, which has suffered some high-profile recent defections. ... Read full article

The creators of a top "altcoin" are building privacy features for JPMorgan's blockchain platform. ... Read full article

The roughly $2 million investment comes as banks keep joining (and in some cases, leaving) various distributed-ledger projects as they try to pick the winners in a young field. ... Read full article

Sovrin, a new blockchain for the creation and management of digital identities, may help credit unions save money and fight fraud while returning power to individuals. ... Read full article

Blockchain technology requires major change in people and processes and smaller banks need to prepare, according to Joe Dewey, an attorney at Holland & Knight and author of a new book about distributed ledger technology. ... Read full article

The bank has quit the R3 consortium, whose tech decisions were at odds with its own. ... Read full article

The global messaging network Swift and its fintech challenger, Ripple, have been vying for bankers’ hearts and minds for more than a year. Whoever prevails, their latest moves could bring needed change to how international banking is done. ... Read full article

The blockchain-based platform, set to launch later this year, promises to make gold trading around the world faster, more transparent and safer. ... Read full article

Five banks and tech firms R3 and HQLAX are using distributed ledger technology to make it easier to transfer liquid securities and collateral. ... Read full article

Slock.it says its current project will enable people to exchange the ownership of devices connected to the Internet of Things. ... Read full article

As blockchain projects have proliferated, the need for them to be compatible with one another has become paramount. ... Read full article

Brave, founded by JavaScript creator and former Mozilla CEO Brendan Eich, intends to issue a cryptocurrency to fund the development of a new way to buy and view digital ads. ... Read full article

BloqLabs, created by the startup Bloq, wants to help developers get their projects in front of enterprise clients. ... Read full article

The ICO fundraising model has already yielded more than $230 million for startups. ... Read full article

If the Federal Reserve and other central banks began issuing their own digital currencies, they could benefit consumers, boost the economy and fight financial crime. But not without risks to cybersecurity, individual privacy — and possibly bank profits. ... Read full article

Companies that fail to understand blockchain and distributed ledger technologies properly risk making expensive missteps. ... Read full article

A previously unreleased paper lays out the pros and cons for banks of technologies designed to restore confidentiality on shared ledgers. ... Read full article

Banks have signaled bullishness for blockchain tech. But some say ignorance is leading to ill-informed choices. ... Read full article